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Debra Messing
Actress
Female
Born
Aug 15, 1968
Age
44
Hometown
Brooklyn
Alma Mater
New York Universi...
Other Names
DEB
Debra Lynn Messing is an American actress. She is widely known for her television roles in Will & Grace, The Starter Wife and her current series Smash. Following her graduation from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Messing rose to prominence… Read More
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Debra Messing
Age 44
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Brian MessingFather -
Sandra SimonsMother
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Brett MessingBrother
children
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Roman Walker ZelmanSon, Age 9
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Denette Wilford: Is The Tv Musical Dead?Huffington Post - 12 days ago
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'Smash' Going Out BigHuffington Post - Apr 24, 2013
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Tv's Cutest Star Is Back!Huffington Post - Apr 09, 2013
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'Smash' Bombs On SaturdayHuffington Post - Apr 07, 2013
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CHILDHOOD
1968
Birth
Born on August 15, 1968.
TEENAGE
1986
17 Years Old
In 1986, she was Rhode Island's Junior Miss and competed in Mobile, Alabama in the America's Junior Miss scholarship program.
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TWENTIES
1990
21 Years Old
In 1990, after graduating summa cum laude from Brandeis University with a bachelor's degree in theater arts, Messing gained admission to the elite Graduate Acting Program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts which accepts approximately fifteen new students annually.
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1993
24 Years Old
In 1993, Messing won praise for her acting in the pre-Broadway workshop production of Tony Kushner's play Angels in America: Perestroika.
1994
25 Years Old
Subsequently, she appeared in several episodes of the television series NYPD Blue during 1994 and 1995.
1995
26 Years Old
In 1995, Messing made her film debut in Alfonso Arau's A Walk in the Clouds playing the unfaithful wife of main character Paul Sutton (Keanu Reeves).
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1996
27 Years Old
Messing appeared as Jerry Seinfeld's date in two episodes of the series Seinfeld: "The Wait Out" in 1996 and "The Yada Yada" in 1997.
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1997
28 Years Old
She also co-starred in the Tom Arnold vehicle McHale's Navy in 1997.
1998
29 Years Old
In 1998, Messing played a lead role as the bio-anthropologist Sloan Parker on ABC's dramatic science fiction television series Prey.
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THIRTIES
2004
35 Years Old
On April 7, 2004, Messing gave birth to their son, Roman Walker Zelman.
2005
36 Years Old
Also in 2005, along with Megan Mullally, she was awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award in recognition of her excellence and innovation in her creative works that have enhanced the perception of women through the medium of television She also starred in the television mini-series The Starter Wife, which was nominated for ten Emmy awards including one for Messing for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie.
2008
39 Years Old
In 2008, Messing reprised her role as Molly Kagan in the television series The Starter Wife, consisting of 10 episodes.
FORTIES
2010
41 Years Old
In early 2010, Messing starred in the ABC comedy pilot Wright vs. Wrong for the 2010-2011 primetime season but the pilot was not picked up by ABC.
In early 2011, it was announced that Messing will star in a new NBC musical pilot called Smash for the 2011–2012 primetime season.
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As of 2012, she is starring as Julia Houston, a leading role in the NBC musical drama series Smash.
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